Die by the fist while you're at it!
Added 8/19/2006
I was born long after that "Bridge on the River Kwai" generation, so maybe this wasn't speaking to me for a reason. Still, objectively, it seemed god-awful. The speaking seemed plastic, as if it were purposely meant to look like the English was dubbed. Many of the characters seemed like imitations from "Johnny Quest" villains. You could barely hear any word that came out of George Takei's mouth. (I just used the phrase "came out" unintentionally, y'all.) This film was fight scene-dominant, as opposed to having any plot or decent dialogue. But Jackie Chan has spoiled me: the fights paled in comparison to his work. They seemed like all kicks and not much more. I do love that the actor took jabs, unlike many protagonists in action films. This film is typical of vehicles for athletes and wrestlers to get into film, and you know that ain't a compliment. This film is supposed to take place in or near the Philippines, yet the warden has a huge Portuguese flag in his office. The Asian woman who gets unrobed and killed at the beginning of the film doesn't even appear in the credits. She showed the intended hetero male audience her upper good stuff and can't even get her name printed!? This film had no English captions or foreign language subtitles. Luckily, it's much shorter than your average film. To its credit, it does try to promote yellow-white unity for a second. It also gives the message that "If we oppressed groups stopped fighting each other, maybe we could unite against that powers-that-be that are keeping us all down."
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Die by the fist while you're at it!
Added 8/19/2006
I was born long after that "Bridge on the River Kwai" generation, so maybe this wasn't speaking to me for a reason. Still, objectively, it seemed god-awful. The speaking seemed plastic, as if it were purposely meant to look like the English was dubbed. Many of the characters seemed like imitations from "Johnny Quest" villains. You could barely hear any word that came out of George Takei's mouth. (I just used the phrase "came out" unintentionally, y'all.) This film was fight scene-dominant, as opposed to having any plot or decent dialogue. But Jackie Chan has spoiled me: the fights paled in comparison to his work. They seemed like all kicks and not much more. I do love that the actor took jabs, unlike many protagonists in action films. This film is typical of vehicles for athletes and wrestlers to get into film, and you know that ain't a compliment. This film is supposed to take place in or near the Philippines, yet the warden has a huge Portuguese flag in his office. The Asian woman who gets unrobed and killed at the beginning of the film doesn't even appear in the credits. She showed the intended hetero male audience her upper good stuff and can't even get her name printed!? This film had no English captions or foreign language subtitles. Luckily, it's much shorter than your average film. To its credit, it does try to promote yellow-white unity for a second. It also gives the message that "If we oppressed groups stopped fighting each other, maybe we could unite against that powers-that-be that are keeping us all down."
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Die by the fist while you're at it!
Added 8/19/2006
I was born long after that "Bridge on the River Kwai" generation, so maybe this wasn't speaking to me for a reason. Still, objectively, it seemed god-awful. The speaking seemed plastic, as if it were purposely meant to look like the English was dubbed. Many of the characters seemed like imitations from "Johnny Quest" villains. You could barely hear any word that came out of George Takei's mouth. (I just used the phrase "came out" unintentionally, y'all.) This film was fight scene-dominant, as opposed to having any plot or decent dialogue. But Jackie Chan has spoiled me: the fights paled in comparison to his work. They seemed like all kicks and not much more. I do love that the actor took jabs, unlike many protagonists in action films. This film is typical of vehicles for athletes and wrestlers to get into film, and you know that ain't a compliment. This film is supposed to take place in or near the Philippines, yet the warden has a huge Portuguese flag in his office. The Asian woman who gets unrobed and killed at the beginning of the film doesn't even appear in the credits. She showed the intended hetero male audience her upper good stuff and can't even get her name printed!? This film had no English captions or foreign language subtitles. Luckily, it's much shorter than your average film. To its credit, it does try to promote yellow-white unity for a second. It also gives the message that "If we oppressed groups stopped fighting each other, maybe we could unite against that powers-that-be that are keeping us all down."
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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